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Glossary

Most terms link to the matching layer in the zonio.tech layer atlas.

TermMeaning
BDOT10kNational topographic object database at 1:10,000: buildings, roads, land cover, utilities. Published per powiat by GUGiK.
BDLBank Danych o Lasach, the Forest Data Bank.
Działka ewidencyjnaCadastral parcel. The unit Zonio searches.
DSO / OSDDistribution system operator (operator systemu dystrybucyjnego): PGE, Tauron, Enea, Energa, Stoen. Publishes available connection capacity.
EGiBEwidencja Gruntów i Budynków, the land and buildings register; source of parcel geometry and ids.
GDOŚGeneral Directorate for Environmental Protection; publishes protected areas.
GPZGłówny Punkt Zasilający, an HV/MV substation, the usual grid connection point for renewables.
GUGiKHead Office of Geodesy and Cartography; publishes cadastre, BDOT10k, LIDAR, orthophoto and RCN.
GZWPGłówny Zbiornik Wód Podziemnych, a major groundwater reservoir, often with protection restrictions.
GminaMunicipality. ~2,477 in Poland; responsible for local and general plans. Each has a profile on the national map.
KOWRNational Support Centre for Agriculture; holds state agricultural land and a pre-emption right on many farmland sales.
MIDASNational mineral-resources and mining-area database (PIG-PIB).
MPZPMiejscowy plan zagospodarowania przestrzennego, the local zoning plan. Legally binding.
Natura 2000EU network of protected sites (bird and habitat directives).
NMT / DTMDigital terrain model from LIDAR.
ObrębCadastral precinct; part of the parcel id.
OZEOdnawialne źródła energii, renewable energy sources.
Plan OgólnyGeneral plan, mandatory for every gmina, replacing the Studium. What it changes.
PowiatCounty. 380 in Poland.
PRGNational register of boundaries and addresses.
PUWG 1992Poland's national coordinate system, EPSG:2180. Zonio stores and measures in it.
RCNRejestr Cen Nieruchomości, the national register of notarised real-estate prices.
StudiumStudium uwarunkowań i kierunków zagospodarowania przestrzennego, the legacy directional study.
TERYTNational territorial division codes: 2 digits voivodeship, 4 powiat, 7 gmina.
ULCCivil Aviation Authority; publishes obstacle limitation surfaces.
WojewództwoVoivodeship (province). 16 in Poland.
WZWarunki zabudowy, a building conditions decision, required outside an MPZP.